Plans Scuppered For Olympics Super Mosque

Newham Council and Olympics organisers have breathed a collective sigh of relief, as plans to build Britain’s biggest mosque in East London have collapsed.An Islamic missionary group, Tablighi Jamaat, wanted to build the so called “super mosque” (capab…

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Months of Olympic Chaos

It seems that mere mortals in Woolwich, not lucky enough to be granted special travel lanes/travel arrangements for the Olympics, will be suffering some considerable travel inconvenience during (and indeed in the 9 months preceding) the London Olympics…

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Gentrification – The True Olympic Legacy

Unsurprisingly, as money is pumped into East London (around the site of London 2012 Olympics), property prices are rising and those locals who are at the bottom end of the economic pecking order are being displaced by a slow but steady wave of gentrifi…

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Slump Hits Flats

The Guardian reports that the slump in property prices has resulted in the number of post Olympic apartments, in London’s Olympic Park, being reduced from 4,200 to about 2,800.Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 OlympicsDon’t forget to visit www…

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A Nice Little Earner?

Despite the fact that the property market has all but collapsed, there are still possibilities for those with “balls of steel” to make some money.That at least is the view that some estate agents and property development companies are trying to propaga…

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